Cedar Rapids IA

Jury selection begins Tuesday in Linn County for the murder trial of an Iowa woman accused of killing her husband. Karina Cooper was charged with first-degree murder in Tama County in February 2024, more than three years after her husband Ryan Copper was found dead inside his Traer home in June of 2021.

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - With dozens of trash bags and a lot of helping hands, volunteers dispersed up and down Indian Creek and its tributaries. “We enjoy walking around the community and whenever we see trash it makes us sad, so we came out to get rid of it,” said Nate Smith.

(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- Water in the Corridor is safe to rink despite recent spikes in nitrate levels in the state's rivers and streams. The Gazette reports that Cedar Rapids city staff say nitrate levels in the Cedar River have also spiked, but remain just below EPA levels for concern.

I grew up on a farm in Jones County, Iowa, where my summer nights used to glow with thousands of tiny lights. Back then, that was some 30-plus years ago, I couldn’t take a single step through the yard or fields without catching three or four lightning bugs. We’d fill jars with them, their glow bright enough to light...

Lisbon suffered their biggest loss since June 14th on Friday. They lost 14-5 to the Pleasant Valley Spartans. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Lions of the 10-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in July of 2017. Lisbon's loss dropped their record down...

Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski is one of the numerous college quarterbacks at the Manning Passing Academy the last couple of days. The other attendees included Texas' Arch Manning, Penn State's Drew Allar, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza, LSU's Garrett Nussmeier, and a handful of others. The last couple of days have...

Over the weekend, the Dallas Center-Grimes Mustangs softball team traveled to Marion for the Linn-Mar & Alburnett Softball Tournament. DCG would come out victorious in three out of four games, defeating Durant Wildcats, Johnson Dragons, and Pleasant Valley Spartans. The Mustangs would fall in their final battle 3-2...

This is the 55+ Connections weekly update. If you would like to sign up to get more updates from the city go to northlibertyiowa.org/subscribe. The North Liberty Library will be closed Friday, July 4th in honor of Independence Day. The Rec Center will be open from 8 am to 6 pm and the Aquatics Center will be open 12...

I didn’t get to sew much this week…I had doctor appointments on two of the days in Iowa City, and that is a 2 1/2 hour drive one way. That sucked up a lot of time I might otherwise have to get some things done around the house or sew. I told myself it was okay to not get up early this week and to try to get my hip...

Flood watches are in effect for the Cedar River and the Iowa River at multiple locations in the state. Flooding is possible due to recent rounds of thunderstorms and resulting excessive rainfall. The flood watch is in effect at the Cedar River near Conesville affecting both Muscatine and Louisa counties...